Skip to main content

Table 3 Results of linear regression models investigating the effect of autobiographical memory specificity (Model 1) and control regressors (age and years of education; Model 2) on the specificity of episodic future thoughts, stratified by group

From: Difficulties in retrieving specific details of autobiographical memories and imagining positive future events in individuals with acute but not remitted anorexia nervosa

Model

Adjusted R2 (SE)

Independent Variable

Unstandardised Beta (SE)

ß

T

p value

Healthy controls

1

0.200 (0.41)

(Constant)

0.988 (0.216)

 

4.581

< 0.001**

AMT specificity

0.478 (0.155)

0.473

3.084

0.004**

2

0.233 (0.40)

(Constant)

0.304 (0.486)

 

0.625

0.537

AMT specificity

0.424 (0.155)

0.419

2.734

0.010*

Age

0.009 (0.007)

0.204

1.337

0.191

Years of education

0.029 (0.027)

0.169

1.097

0.281

Acute anorexia nervosa

1

0.246 (0.69)

(Constant)

0.711 (0.296)

 

2.405

0.020*

AMT specificity

0.679 (0.171)

0.513

3.960

< 0.001**

2

0.269 (0.68)

(Constant)

1.621 (0.860)

 

1.884

0.066

AMT specificity

0.563 (0.182)

0.425

3.084

0.004**

Age

0.020 (0.015)

0.179

1.290

0.204

Years of education

− 0.076 (0.047)

− 0.213

− 1.598

0.118

Recovered anorexia nervosa

1

0.171 (0.56)

(Constant)

0.795 (0.300)

 

2.648

0.012*

AMT specificity

0.638 (0.213)

0.438

3.004

0.005**

2

0.149 (0.56)

(Constant)

0.389 (0.896)

 

0.433

0.667

AMT specificity

0.670 (0.218)

0.460

3.068

0.004**

Age

0.023 (0.022)

0.156

1.008

0.320

Years of education

− 0.009 (0.047)

− 0.031

− 0.199

0.834

  1. AMT autobiographical memory test, ß standardised beta, SE standard error
  2. **Significant at p < 0.01, *significant at p < 0.05